Wednesday catch-all thread (6/2/21)

At what point do we throw preseason expectations out the window and focus simply on what's happened in the current season? Before the year started, it was thought that the NL East was going to be one of the best divisions in baseball, if not the best. It was thought that four teams would have [...]

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Wednesday catch-all thread (5/26/21)

Please use this thread to comment on any Mets-specific topic you wish. Francisco Lindor is batting .185 with a .565 OPS. Early in the month it looked like he was breaking out but in his last 12 games, he's slashing .152/.220/.261 in 50 PA. Lindor's not even drawing a lot of walks like he was [...]

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Tuesday catch-all thread (5/18/21)

Please use this thread to comment on any Mets-specific topic you wish. Just for the record, let's state all of the players unavailable for the Mets right now: Noah Syndergaard - 60-day IL, expected back mid-June Carlos Carrasco - 60-day IL, earliest available late May Seth Lugo - 60-day IL, earliest available late May Luis [...]

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Wednesday catch-all thread (5/12/21)

Please use this thread to comment on any Mets-specific topic you wish. Nothing is as demoralizing as a bad bullpen, especially one that blows leads in the eighth and ninth innings, which is why so many people value closers so highly. But even though they are only pitching, for the most part, an inning at [...]

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Wednesday catch-all thread (4/28/21)

Of the Mets' eight primary starters, three check in with an OPS of .850 or better while five are at .710 and below. Three of the five hitters who are struggling can point to the hits not falling in. Which brings us to Michael Conforto and James McCann. Conforto has a lifetime .305 BABIP and [...]

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Wednesday catch-all thread (4/21/21)

This snip is from Brandon Nimmo's Statcast page. The nice thing about the Statcast numbers is that we know they are updated daily. All of these numbers are presented so that the higher the number, the better the player is in the category, whether it's a traditional "good" or "bad" outcome. For instance, Nimmo strikes [...]

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Thursday catch-all thread (4/15/21)

On Wednesday Bernie Madoff died in prison. As hard as it is to believe now, there will come a time when every Mets fan doesn't know that name. However, it will be curious to see if Madoff or Wilpon is the name that takes on the M. Donald Grant torch of reviled team villain. More [...]

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Wednesday catch-all thread (3/31/21)

Mets and Francisco Lindor have come to a deal, according to multiple sources. From Andy Martino: Sources: Francisco Lindor and Mets in agreement on deal that is approximatlely 10 years, $340 million as @JonHeyman reported. There is a limited no trade and no opt outs per source https://twitter.com/martinonyc/status/1377460442998652929?s=21

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